Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-02
The goose bone is v~indioated.
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Georgia minstrels next Monday night,
Sunday Arril 8, 1885, it showed 6 inches,
and IN that es ming sleighs were running III
evrry direction.
The Mate glas, front for W. g.. McCaus.
,and's store has arrived and will be put In
place in q short time. !
Mr. Christopc er Walk sold, last Wednes-
dsy. to Mr.. Rot ert D. Bledsoe, his dwelling
house on COLLEGE street, for $500, c. Ben
agent.
The Chicagt TT. Scott and Texas has filed
with County Clerk Steele q profile and maj
of its propose ! road, from HigginsVllle SOUTH
west throug, this county.
The steam err Wyoming passed up at 1880,
q, M, last /. tuesday,, with a very good load.
She seemei TO have a pretty hard time with
the stitf C trent as she went around the bend.
Higpin willie has been trying. recently, with
sratifyu Z success to coke her coal. We wish
her unb unled success In an Industry which
may be very important not only to that place
but to he entire county.
The postmaster general has instructed all
postm asters throughout the United States TO
? sell. wo cent postage stamps at TIE rate OF
thi, teen for a cent and q quarter. Now Is a
20 d time to lay In a years supply.
5edalia Democrat, March 30:-"The Mis-
q uri Pacific extension is almost graded
from Boopyille to the Lamine river. The
contractor says be has fifty teams and 200
men coming overland from Kansas to engage
in the work."
We hope Mr.. Harris vii succeed in build
ing his road 10 higginsville. We walt II
The rosIs we can get in Lafayette county
Apc he people so far as we can see are ready
,erywhere to meet them with hearty vel
, ONE and even with substantial aid. But Fir
IL srris will do we'll to let Missouri legislation
one, As to the prospect of the road, the
I ost says in its issue Of Wednesday ANY
r tionally thinking person can adduce moth
4 q from these facts but that the Chicago
81 art Scott & Texas railroad Will be bull
Fl ,m this city to Fort Scott, Kansas, viz
" srrensburg, and that the trains will 81
II ming by the LIST day of January, 1888, &C
co ding to the contract made and entered
int D by and between the citizens of Higgins
vii a and the officials Of the Chicago, For
Scot h Texas railroai company. There arr
a.fe minor details yet to be attended t
but the road will IS surely be bull
ss .nything not yet actually accomplished
Th. people Of HiggInsville have nothing +
lose If the road Is not built, but the compa
ny has nothing to gain aud everything t
lose, and 1t is therefore to their interest Il
com, ly with their contract and to the citizen
of g. Evansville to assist them all they poss
bly, can"
Cor er:-It has been very dry for sewers
weeks, and much Of the wheat has been I'LL
Il, bu the snow OF the 26th inst. may SO re
e 1t that we may yet make over an aver
age GRO }. II does not now look so we'll as o
the firsl of March. The farmers are bus
eleanlna off their ground preparatory t
blowing for corn. The prospect is that th
planting will be complet, d much earlier tina
last ven. The Methodist ladies had u
oyster $ , per on the evening of the 18th ms
Cous!de. & the busy season o! the year,
was we'll itcuiri; the IrCceeds amOuniin
to about \ 30. We are glad to see The Mr.. L
G, Sydno' has availed himself of the liberi
offer of tn lnteIligencer, and hope that OIL
ers will fol, w his example. Rev. Leonar
preached St rday morning and night at th
Baptist chur,h. Notwithstanding The il
clement wea or the congregation was goOt
Miss Comof"h Harrison is visiting Mi
Lucy Stark. Miss Anna Reese visited Lex
ngton on last Friday. We have two prival
hools in CaS'er, one a German. the othe
q English. 1t is said stock sold well
bs::1eiser's ale Saturday. Paul Linase
DID us farm I rec miles south of Corder, /
res, $1,000 CO. Smiths school
edge" God w~ffH1tots on the second day
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